Show extracted with difficulty the taciturnity of backwoodsmen backwoods men used to be much illustrated by american writers but now perhaps because backwoodsmen backwoods men are too few to form as conspicuous a national element as formerly their peculiarities are not often mentioned from canada which still has haa vast areas of almost 1 I unbroken forest we receive the following fol lowina ito verbatim report of a 9 conversation between a city sportsman and his backwoods guide bill buckshaw you have killed moose bill I 1 some any big bulls some where back yonder were you ever charged by one how WAS that he come at of me had you wounded him yas ya s to ilow how did he come accost the swale you stophia stop him with another shot ony only a muzzle loader abid did he get close alost as you be then you killed hiu hion ano no s what then 1 I dumb clumb up where on the root what root the big pine pin a root A fallen pine yas what d did asin he be do into I 1 I 1 it tso into what the root how lickett Lic ILic kety pelt head first twice did he go off then 1 Inear I near did he shook the root ell eh boubet you bet but you held beld on sure were you sitting St annin how could you hold on branches of root to wells well what then khen I fetched him oh you had another shot got loaded up then you killed him you could I 1 f I 1 I 1 a killed skilled him yourself then q with that says the sportsman 1 I anve gave up tile the qt questioning and imagined inea the details after I 1 a long silence bill said 11 that cured me of 01 mal Is loaders 1 Is I 1 |